Books can help us navigate life’s big challenges, providing advice and support in understanding and managing our feelings and personal growth. It’s reassuring, and often illuminating, to see ourselves or others in what we read when trying to take better care of ourselves and those around us. Our new ‘shelf-care’ […]
Continue readingMonth: May 2021
‘After the War’ by Tom Palmer (KS3)
Longlisted for the The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021 Synopsis: Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Morecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they’ve finally reached a place of […]
Continue reading‘Amal Unbound’ by Aisha Saeed (KS3+)
Amal is a young girl who dreams of being a teacher. She stays behind to help her teacher regularly and is a keen reader. After her mother gives birth to another girl and develops post-partum depression, Amal stays at home to look after the home and family and has to […]
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